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The mortality of gastro-enteritis in infants, despite all scientific efforts devoted to its amelioration, is so appalling, that each summer, in addition to employing what is best in the old methods of treatment, we attempt to devise newer and better ways of combating this formidable disease. It was with this in view that during my summer service of 1913, an endeavor was made to attack this malady in a way entirely different from any previously undertaken. The etiology of gastro-enteritis has been and will be for years to come a much discussed subject. Without reiterating the well known conclusions of many pediatrists, based on theoretical considerations and practical observations, let us state that in our opinion also, gastro-enteritis is probably primarily a nutritional disorder, having as a secondary causal factor a bacteriologic basis. Both of these factors operate in winter as well as in summer. To account, then, for the
American journal of diseases of children – American Medical Association
Published: Aug 1, 1914
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